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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
Nah, Thiem is not playing all that well, he’s hitting too much that BHCC slice imo. Having said that, Djoko is also not playing well, just grinding his way through as usual when he’s not at his best.
I thi […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
Well I just hope that Thiem will concentrate on holding his serve and leads 4-1, just make Djoko works harder to hold serve later on. If Thiem wins the third set, then he’ll have a good chance of winning it in f […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Press the reset button. It will be business as usual for Fedal.
If you ask me, meeting on grass adv Fed, on clay adv Rafa; on slow HCs adv Rafa, on quick HCs and also indoor HCs adv Fed.
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
So, those who said that Fed would play with nothing to lose attitude were wrong. And, those who said that after Fed’s five in a row win over Rafa, his mental block against Rafa was gone were also wrong. […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Yep, read that already. Anyway thanks!
I’m really glad that Rafa is able to get Moya as his coach, because Moya is someone Rafa knows from young and someone he can trust as friend and coach. I think R […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
👍 VR. Agreed.
Rafa is a genius on court, a tactical genius. He said it himself, that his game is not about overpowering his opponents with his aggression, but to make things difficult for his opponents and pr […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
3 out of 8 at the USO! He made finals in 2007, 2010 to 2013 (four in a row, quite incredible, Fed made five and won five 2004-2008); 2015-2016 and 2018. So, his success rate there is 37.5%, still better than at […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
Then he’s stupid for not changing it if it’s not working! He did finally hit some hard FH and finally broke Djoko’s serve.
To me Thiem needs to hit both his FH and BH CC and DTL, not slicing all the time, […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
Rafa also experienced that at Wimbledon 2007; he played four or five days in a row while Fed rested for that long, believe it or not. Still, Rafa did make a match of it in the final that year.
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
They play for four days in a row but it’s like one plus to two hours per day, just like they’re playing in a Masters, until maybe the final.
Both Thiem and Djoko finished off their QF opponents in straight set […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
Tomorrow may still be gusty, so not much difference in playing conditions. It may help Djoko but it may also help Thiem, who knows.
I hope Thiem wins this in four sets, so that he’s not too disadvantaged in t […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
But, Djoko has never beaten Rafa in a FO final or a SF. Rafa is 2-0 in finals and 3-0 in SFs vs Djoko.
What you’ve posted about Djoko in slam finals, well, those happened in non clay slams; in fact Djoko w […]
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luckystar commented on the post, Conditions tough, Nadal tougher in semifinal win over Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Yes congrats to Rafa!
Rafa plays amazing tennis in the wind! He serves very well too, which is quite surprising considering the windy conditions. Vamos Rafa, go win the title!
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
Thiem doesn’t know how to play in the wind. What’s with that stupid CC BH slice, he’s always doing that and slicing the ball out of the court! I mean can’t he move his legs to then hit a FH CC instead? Why so […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Well done to dear Rafa! He plays so well today. The ex-player Randy Lu (Lu Yan Soong if I’m not wrong), guest commentator at Fox Sports here, remarked that Rafa played it smart in the wind – when he’s pla […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Phew, at least Rafa breaks twice in the third set, so in case he’s serving for the match and any hiccups, at least he has some buffer for that, and not let Fed level the set.
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Yes, Rafa wins the second set! So happy for him, no hiccups when serving for the set. Vamos! One more set to go!
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Yes, Rafa gets the first set!
Watching Rafa serving for set or match is really a torture these days; he almost always makes hard work of it! Thankfully he wins the first set.
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer 5 years, 5 months ago
Amy, his serve was affected badly by the wind in MC! You forget he got broken in every single service game in the first set against Foggy? At that time it’s rather windy at MC (and at Barcelona too).
He has i […]
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luckystar commented on the post, French Open SF preview and prediction: Djokovic vs. Thiem 5 years, 5 months ago
I read everything.
I’m not measuring Thiem to the Rafa of MC or Barcelona. I’m looking at how Thiem plays, especially when facing the big three. I’m watched Rafa’s matches here at RG, as I’ve mentioned […]
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